Prayer of Life.

Life is precious
Each day upon waking
I am amazed.
God has given me
More time for the journey
With many cross roads,
Many sorrows
Many joys.
I pray the journey has
Not been in vain.
That what little contribution I made
Was sustaining to someone
Whether human, animal or creature who came my way.

When I tripped over I know
God picked me up and
Dusted me down and restored me to new paths.
The world seen with new eyes
Which are no longer blurred,
Colours dazzling.
An entrancing vision of life
Which all can acquire.

Joyce Gale © 1999-2010
 

Imagine Life.

 

Imagine life without vision
To look up at the sky
And not see the sparkling
Stars gazing down from on high.

Imagine life without sound
To listen for a song
And be met by silence
All day and all night long.

Imagine life without smell
To sniff a rose
That is beautiful to behold
But no scent for the nose.

Imagine life without touch
Not to feel someone’s soft skin
Or your pets furry head
Just nothing that you are akin.

Imagine life without taste
The complexes of flavour
No favourites of sweet
And sour to savour.

Imagine life without a voice
Communication, struck dumb
Life in mime
Feeling numb.

Thankful am I, that I,
Only have to imagine.

 

Joyce Gale © 2000-2010
 

A Living Praise

Thank you for the stars that shine
In the heavens to entwine
Thank you for the food we eat
For some may not have in the other street
Thank you for the birds that sing
Your praises of each morn to bring
Thank you for a place to rest
For some are not so surely blest
Thank you for trees and flowers
To ponder on in silent hours
Thank you for the sun and rain
While others live in a barren plain
Thank you for love and the little things
That brings life through the constant swings
Thank you Lord for each breathe I take
For now is the hour I cannot forsake.

Joyce Gale © 2004-2010